John 2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Wedding at Cana
2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.(A) 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you?[a] My hour has not yet come.”(B) 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.(C) 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the person in charge of the banquet.” So they took it. 9 When the person in charge tasted the water that had become wine and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), that person called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.(D)
12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they remained there a few days.(E)
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(F) 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, with the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”(G) 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”(H) 18 The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?”(I) 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”(J) 20 The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body.(K) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
23 When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, many believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to testify about anyone, for he himself knew what was in everyone.(L)
Footnotes
- 2.4 Or What have you to do with me, woman?
John 2
The Message
From Water to Wine
2 1-3 Three days later there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also. When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, Jesus’ mother told him, “They’re just about out of wine.”
4 Jesus said, “Is that any of our business, Mother—yours or mine? This isn’t my time. Don’t push me.”
5 She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”
6-7 Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, “Fill the pots with water.” And they filled them to the brim.
8 “Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host,” Jesus said, and they did.
9-10 When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn’t know what had just happened but the servants, of course, knew), he called out to the bridegroom, “Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you’ve saved the best till now!”
11 This act in Cana of Galilee was the first sign Jesus gave, the first glimpse of his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum along with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and stayed several days.
Tear Down This Temple . . .
13-14 When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there in full strength.
15-17 Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall!” That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for your house consumes me.”
18-19 But the Jews were upset. They asked, “What credentials can you present to justify this?” Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple and in three days I’ll put it back together.”
20-22 They were indignant: “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you’re going to rebuild it in three days?” But Jesus was talking about his body as the Temple. Later, after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this. They then put two and two together and believed both what was written in Scripture and what Jesus had said.
23-25 During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him. But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them.
约翰福音 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
变水为酒
2 第三天，在加利利的迦拿有人举办婚宴，耶稣的母亲在那里。 2 耶稣和门徒也被邀请去赴宴。 3 酒喝完了，耶稣的母亲就对祂说：“他们没有酒了。” 4 耶稣说：“妇人，这跟你我有什么相干[a]？我的时候还没有到。” 5 祂母亲对仆人说：“祂叫你们做什么，你们就做什么。” 6 那里有六口犹太人用来行洁净礼仪的石缸，每口可以盛约一百升水。
7 耶稣对仆人说：“把缸倒满水！”他们就往缸里倒水，一直满到缸口。 8 耶稣又说：“现在可以舀些出来，送给宴席总管。”他们就送了去。 9 那些仆人知道这酒是怎样来的，宴席总管却不知道。他尝过那水变的酒后，便把新郎叫来， 10 对他说：“人们都是先拿好酒款待客人，等客人喝够了，才把次等的拿出来，你却把好酒留到现在！” 11 这是耶稣第一次行神迹，是在加利利的迦拿行的，彰显了祂的荣耀，门徒都信了祂。
12 这事以后，耶稣和祂的母亲、弟弟并门徒一起去迦百农住了几天。
洁净圣殿
13 犹太人的逾越节快到了，耶稣便上耶路撒冷去。 14 祂看见圣殿区有人在卖牛羊和鸽子，还有人在兑换银币， 15 就用绳索做成鞭子把牛羊赶出去，倒掉钱商的银币，推翻他们的桌子， 16 又对卖鸽子的说：“把这些东西拿出去！不要把我父的殿当作市场。” 17 祂的门徒想起圣经上说：“我对你的殿充满炙热的爱。”
18 当时，犹太人质问祂：“你给我们显什么神迹来证明你有权这样做？”
19 耶稣回答说：“你们拆毁这座殿，我三天之内会把它重建起来。”
20 他们说：“这座殿用了四十六年才建成，你三天之内就要把它重建起来吗？” 21 其实耶稣说的殿是指自己的身体， 22 所以等到祂从死里复活以后，祂的门徒想起这句话，就相信了圣经和耶稣所传的道。
23 耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节期间，许多人看见祂行的神迹，就信了祂。 24 耶稣却不信任他们，因为祂洞悉万人。 25 不用别人告诉祂，祂也深知人的内心。
Footnotes
- 2:4 “这跟你我有什么相干”或译“我与你有什么相干”。
約 翰 福 音 2
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
迦拿的婚礼
2 第三天，加利利的迦拿城里，有人在举行婚礼。耶稣的母亲也在那里， 2 耶稣和他的门徒们也应邀出席。 3 酒都喝光了，耶稣的母亲对他说∶“他们没酒了。”
4 耶稣对她说∶“亲爱的妇人，您为什么告诉我呢？我的时刻还没到呢！”
5 他母亲吩咐仆人们说∶“他叫你们做什么，你们就做什么。”
6 有六口水缸摆在那里，是犹太人在洁净仪式 [a]上用的那种缸，每缸能装大约八十或一百二十升水。
7 耶稣对仆人们说∶“把缸灌满水。”他们便把水缸灌得满满的。
8 耶稣又吩咐仆人说∶“你们舀一些酒拿给管筵席的。”
于是，仆人就把它送了过去， 9 管筵席的尝了尝那已经变成酒的水。（他不知道这酒的来历，只有舀酒的仆人们知道。）管筵席的叫来新郎， 10 对他说∶“人们都是先上最好的酒，等客人喝醉了，然后才上次酒，但是你却把最好的酒留到最后！”
11 这是耶稣在加利利迦拿时，显示的第一个奇迹，他显示出了他的荣耀，门徒们都信仰他了。
耶稣在大殿
12 婚礼之后，耶稣和他母亲、兄弟们，以及门徒们一起到迦百农去了。他们在那里住了几天。 13 快到犹太人的逾越节时，耶稣便启程前往耶路撒冷。 14 在大殿院里，他看到人们在那里卖牛、羊、鸽子，还有一些人坐在桌边为人们兑换钱币， 15 所以，耶稣就用绳子做成一条鞭子，把他们连牛、羊一起都赶了出去，还掀翻了兑换钱币的人的桌子，把钱币撒了一地。 16 然后他又对卖鸽子的人说∶“把这些东西全都拿出去！不要把我父的大殿当成集市！”
17 他的门徒想起《经》上的话：
“对您的大殿的热情，
将把我吞噬掉。” (A)
18 犹太人对耶稣说∶“你用什么奇迹向我们显示你有权做这些事情呢？”
19 耶稣对他们说∶“拆毁这座大殿，我将在三天之内把它重建起来。”
20 犹太人说∶“我们花了四十六年才建成它，你三天之内就能重建它吗？”
21 其实，耶稣所说的大殿，是指他自己的身体。 22 耶稣复活后，他的门徒们想起了他说过的话，他们便相信了《经》和耶稣的话。
23 耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节期间，许多人看到耶稣所行的奇迹，就都信仰了他。 24 但是耶稣却信不过他们， 25 因为他了解人的内心，他不需要任何人告诉他关于人类的事情，因为他知道人类的内心。
Footnotes
- 約 翰 福 音 2:6 洁净仪式： 犹太人有关于吃东西、在大殿里崇拜和其它特殊的事情之前用特殊的方式清洗的教规。
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